In this volume leading scholars from around the world discuss the contribution of medieval church law to the origins of the western legal tradition. Subdivided
The roots of modern Western legal institutions and concepts go back nine centuries to the Papal Revolution, when the Western church established its political an
Ellen Goodman uses extensive extracts from original writings to highlight the main themes of the Western legal tradition. The strength of the book is its clear
Anyone who wants to understand how abortion has been treated historically in the Western legal tradition must first come to terms with two quite different but i
In the aftermath of sixth-century barbarian invasions, the legal profession that had grown and flourished during the Roman Empire vanished. Nonetheless, profess
